the mayor from Jaws was unwilling to shut down the beaches because the 4th of july weekend was coming up and the tourist would be coming. he was stubborn and wouldnt listen to chief brody about the dangers of going in the ocean.

in Kingdom Of The Spiders the mayor is told they cant use pesticides because it dangerous and wont kill the spiders, he doesnt listen because there is a town festival coming up.

any movies where the mayor (or governor or whatever) doesnt listen to the educated person(scientist, doctor, officer, etc) trying to warn them of a real danger the townsfolk are in.

im not taking The Day After Tomorrow into consideration. that movie is the vice president doesnt believe dennis quaid about the united states and world being i danger and i'd like to stick to towns (villages) and cities not the whole of the U.S. (or other country)

any film, any country, any year with a "mayor from Jaws" character.

EDIT: i said town or city but i guess i can include ships/etc because andre brauger in Poseidon was totally being the mayor from jaws, so was the man in the 2005 Poseidon (havent seen the original yet)